#52weeksofbotanicals : all that glitters is not gold : April 2017

mono prints on paper, muka embroidery & prep work for May

April saw me pretty scattered with the excitement of my whanau gathering to celebrate significant birthdays.
One of 'the aunties' turned 50 & our dad celebrated his 80th. Both superb reasons to gather together.
I did manage to do something every week for my '52 weeks of botanicals' project, however not everything is as connected as would be usual for me.  

My niece asked me to make a wedding gift for her friends so I thought I'd try some gold paint on fabric.
It was completely underwhelming so I was a little disappointed.

I tried it on paper & made a very pretty little card, which my daughter saw on my IG feed & asked if I could make one for her.
Long story short, I made her 3 prints which she can frame & hang.
I made one each of gold, silver & bronze.
It'll be nice to see them framed & hanging in her apartment.

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The photo gallery above is the sequence of events of making a beautiful little muka sampler which will be a touch piece for an exhibition which opens June 9th (more about that in June).

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This is the prep work mordanting fabric & muka with home made soy milk for natural dyeing experiments in May.
This is the ground work for a series of explorations which I'm very excited about. 
It's a slow, gentle process with lots of time spent in the shed sitting stitching while my dye pots barely simmer.